Goal-setting

Lisa Jansen-Rees, MSW, ACSW

Military Life: What’s on YOUR list?

It’s finally happened. I’ve been a military spouse for so long that I don’t usually think of this crazy-making lifestyle as much different from what my civilian friends and family members go through. But it is. And so to celebrate that fact, here are my top 25 ways you know you’re a military spouse.

Lisa Jansen-Rees

Military Life: Wedding Bands

by Sarah Smiley, U.S. Navy Wife

Military Life: What Right Looks Like

So, in honor of Domestic Violence Prevention Month, it’s worth taking a minute and going over what right really does look like from the perspective of family-life researchers.

Lisa Jansen-Rees, MSW, ACSW

Military Life: Deployment

I know about deployments–the pre-deployment crazy feelings, the arguments, the anxiety, and the eventual guilt for it all after the service member leaves.

by Sarah Smiley, U.S. Navy Wife

Growing Up Military

Lawton Public Schools

The Sweet Life of a Military Spouse

The military spouse is quite a wonder. They manage an ever-moving household, hold down the homefront when their servicemember deploys, and keeps things somewhat "normal" in an often, stressful lifestyle.

Liz McChesney

Go the Distance: Military Life

Online degree programs, also known as distance learning, make the grade with military lifestyles.

Andrea Downing Peck

Military Kids Learn Best With STARS

According to experts, early childhood is the most critical period for speech, language, literacy and brain development. So how does culture play in to this equation?

Lisa Jansen-Rees

DoD Toolkit Helps Servicemembers in Transition

Getting out of the military can be a tough decision to make, especially with unemployment rates high. For those leaning toward that decision, a good GPS is a must have item. Fortunately, the Department of Defense has recently released just such a tool. The Career Decision Toolkit offers CD and hyperlinked web resources to help Service Members and their families with Goals, Plan and Succeed (GPS).

Lisa Jansen-Rees